Hi Edward
Can I suggest significantly instead of entirely?
But surely, Mario meant exactly what he intended in
his precise and impeccable English and not what you
think he should have said Edward! However, I am not
sure we got much of an answer to the above subject
line.
And now, re a previous
Hello Mario,
There is no question that it is finally and always the individual athlete or
team that competes.
By entirely, what I imply is that the Chinese left no stone unturned in
re-creating and following the earlier Soviet system and showed that it works
for a nation to produce medals -
jane gillian rodrigues said:
My eldest son used to play chess and basketball (from school and college)at
district, state level etc.
You must experience first-hand the horrible facilities for athletes.
There are also the sport selectors with their own brand of politics, who want
athletes of their
India develop world-class athletes???
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?Mario said:
You don't seem to be familiar with India outside Goa,
but there are millions of meat-eating Indians in the
north, south, east, west and center
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:58:30 +0900
From: Venantius Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Chinese victories on the other hand are entirely the
effort of a state system.
Mario observes:
Venantius, you might want to reconsider the word
entirely.
Regardless of how much assistance the state provides
in
Mario responds:
Thanks for making my point, which is that India is not
able to produce world-class athletes, even when those
in the military and railways play all day.
I still haven't seen a sensible explanation from you
as to why a giant intellectual superpower like India
cannot produce
Regarding the unabashed joy of Indians at Bindra's victory we have to note a
few points. Some of which I read three days ago in a piece by by Shashi
Tharoor the Daily Yomiuri (English ed). Indian victories by and large in any
field are largely by sheer individual effort and determination -- the
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:45:32 + (GMT)
From: edward desilva [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Obviously, you have not heard of the Chinese
POLITBURORO vs Indian bribery system. Secondly you do
not know the difference of administration between
Communism?vs belpuri bribery infused democratic system
of India.
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:11:20 + (GMT)
From: edward desilva [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Well! Well! well!
I have spent more time outside of Goa than in it.
Allahabad, Jabalpur. Bengal, Madhya Preadesh (Indore,
Satna etc).
Mario asks:
In that case you must know that your previous comments
were false.
Mario said:
You don't seem to be familiar with India outside Goa,
but there are millions of meat-eating Indians in the
north, south, east, west and center as well as in Goa.
--
Reply:
Well! Well! well!
I have spent more time outside of Goa than in it.
Allahabad, Jabalpur. Bengal, Madhya
Why?
Because belpuri and pakora diet is not good enough.
If any one tries to educate them, they are burnt alive.
That's why.
ED.
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Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:23:15 + (GMT)
From: edward desilva [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Why?
Because belpuri and pakora diet is not good enough.
If any one tries to educate them, they are burnt
alive. That's why.
Mario observes:
Edward
I'm sorry to inform you that they don't burn anyone
alive that
The following essay by Indian humorist Melvin Durai is
funny and yet exposes India's chronic inability to
develop world class athletes - except in cricket -
from among over a billion people, whereas tiny and
relatively poor countries like Jamaica, the Bahamas,
Trinidad Tobago, Kenya, Cuba, and
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